ལས

Tibetan

Etymology

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Noun

1. action, act, deed
2. activity, function
3. predisposition
4. (Buddhism) karma, fate, destiny

Derived terms

• ལས་ཀ (las ka)
• ལས་མེད (las med)
• ལས་ཁུངས (las khungs)

Conjunction

ལས • (las)

1. than

   ཤི་ལས་ཐུ། ― shi las thu ― worse than dead.

   ཁྱི་ལས་ལོད། ― khyi las lod ― worse than a dog.

2. rather than
3. instead of